Casting call (ID: 1376168)

"Assassins" Musical Seeking Male Singers Who Act

Category: Singing

Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Expired: 04/09/17

Gender: Male

Age: 18-56+

Ethnicity: All ethnicities

Auditions: Assassins
Callback & Make-Up Audition: Monday, April 10, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Auditions to consist of prepared musical selections (16- 32 bars of a Broadway-style song) and cold reads from the script; likely no movement audition necessary.
REHEARSALS:
First Rehearsal: Monday, April 17, 2017
Tech Sunday: Sunday, June 4, 2017 from 1:00 PM- ?
Notes: Rehearsals MAY be held Sunday- Friday. Not all dates will be used. Director prefers to rehearse Sunday- Thursday and take Fridays off depending on conflicts, etc. First two weeks of rehearsals to be held off-site.
PERFORMANCES:
June 8 (Senior Night), 9, 10, 15 (Comp Night), 16, 17, 23 & 24, 2017
Notes: All performances at 8:00 PM, except Comp Night & Senior Night at 7:30 PM
THE SHOW:
This groundbreaking American musical ends Arena's season with a bang! Thirteen people have tried to kill the president of the United States. Four have succeeded. These murderers and would-be murderers are generally dismissed as maniacs and misfits who have little in common with each other, and nothing in common with the rest of us. ASSASSINS suggests otherwise. From John Wilkes Booth to John Hinkley, writers Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
Note: We will be producing the Broadway revival version which includes the song "Something Just Broke."
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
THE ASSASSINS...
John Wilkes Booth
(1838-1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Charismatic leader and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins.
Gender: male / Age: 25+
Vocal range top: G4 / Vocal range bottom: F2
Charles J. Guiteau
(1841-1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Charming but quite mad.
Gender: male / Age: 35- 55
Vocal range top: Ab4 / Vocal range bottom: A2
Leon Czologosz
(1873-1901) Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical fighting for social justice.
Gender: male / Age: 20 to 35
Vocal range top: G4 / Vocal range bottom: G#2
Giuseppe Zangara
(1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. A sick, angry and heavily-accented Italian immigrant.
Gender: male / Age: 25 to 45
Vocal range top: A4 / Vocal range bottom: B2
Samuel Byck
(1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.
Gender: male / Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: G4 / Vocal range bottom: D3
John Hinckley
(1955- ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. A love-obsessed and depressed college student.
Gender: male / Age: 20 to 35
Vocal range top: G4 / Vocal range bottom: A2
Lee Harvey Oswald (played by the same actor as Balladeer)
(1939-1963) Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. A suicidal, dejected shipping clerk.
Gender: male / Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: C4 / Vocal range bottom: G3
THE STORY-TELLERS...
The Proprietor
A wicked and mischievously mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival. He guides the assassins and audience through the show. Also plays the assassins' targets.
Gender: male / Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F4 / Vocal range bottom: Gb2
The Balladeer (played by the same actor as Oswald)
A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America.
Gender: male / Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: G4 / Vocal range bottom: C3
ENSEMBLE...
4-6 Men to play Bystanders, Tourists, Reporters, Photographers, Etc. Among them...
David Herold
(1842-1865) One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.
Gender: male / Age: 20 to 35
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